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dunce (duns)

noun

  1. a dull, ignorant person
  2. a person slow at learning

Etymology: after John Duns Scotus: his followers, called Dunsmen, Dunses, Dunces, were regarded as foes of Renaissance humanism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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